Friday on My Mind - The Easybeats - Part I

 It was an 04:30 start to the rendezvous with Dave Foot in Dorchester where we met an hour later and with him at the helm to undertake the next 4 hours drive with a few Birds en-route such as

RED KITE

maybe as many as a dozen

GREY HERON
and

COMMON BUZZARD
along with a brief view and a couple of snaps of the

WICKER or WILLOW MAN

before reaching the older of the 2

RIVER SEVERN BRIDGES

and finding a "welcome in the hillsides" of
WALES

and still a fair old gallop

before reaching the

historic and bijou town of

TENBY

with ultra-narrow streets, a

Monument to Prince Albert on the Hill the

Castle Fortifications

and the wide and not displeasing sweep of

TENBY BAY

and it also looked like the Mod's, of which I was once one back in the 60's, were intown.
However, with all of that nothing more than an aside the only building we had interest in was the

RNLI LIFEBOAT STATION
and the attendant crowd after the long and timely reminder of the meaning of the word
'TWITCHER'
That feeling of anticipation and hope that your target was still there after such a long journey!

FIRST VIEW

of the

 WALRUS

in its favoured spot on the

LIFEBOAT SLIPWAY

but hardly moveing a muscle

but you cannot have everything.

but we did capture the odd flap of the fins,

Close Up

while the
TOURIST BOATS
seemed not to be plying much trade!
I must go down to the sea again,
to the lonely sea and the sky.
I left my socks and knickers there,
I wonder if the're dry?

Spike Milligan

CLOSE UP II

Otherwise the was a bit of action elsewhere as Dave

dived into a patch of

WILD CABBAGE

in pursuit of who knows which
Moth Larvae
without success additionally it was the people there who put the 'cherry on the cake' and make mention particularly of the young American gentleman in company with his English lady and the small contingent of Chinese Univercity Students to whom we would send our Best Wishes should they be reading this - MAGIC!

Trying to Sit Up,

Scratching

and finally in
CLOSE UP.
Having plyed Northern Waters extensively and crossed the Arctic Circle on foot, by car, by surface ship, in flight and even while Submerged
it is almost unbelievable that this magnificent creature has not been encountered before!
Let's call it Making Up the Deficit!

In those days all such certificates were produced and issued by 

Bernard's Naval Tailors

who had none to commemorate a transit 'under' the Circle which we had to adapt ourselves!

It was all to long a journey just to about-turn and head for home so, with a number of things in mind we headed for the west coast which we hope we can bring to you tomorrow - CHEERS!

Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles

 It seems to be the pattern of things as the overnight temperature reached double figures for the first time this year on Friday night (+11C), so came the heavy and persistent rain! Undefeated, we had happenings of Thursday to lean on which we have embellished with a few images of Moth Larvae, to coincide, from the depths of the archive - Bizarre Stuff!

All First's for the Year

and maybe foremost our first Hawk Moth

POPLAR HAWK-MOTH

followed in quick succession

by

PEBBLE PROMINENT

and

FLAME SHOULDER
Of the also ran's a minute

BLACK-HEADED CARDINAL BEETLE

MOORHEN

Parent and Youngsters

appear to be thriving!
Additionally, on the Gravel Pit the pair of

TUFTED DUCKs

pair preening

female

preening

male

roll preening have been joined by a pair of far less common

GADWALL
in the first instance trying to hide

male

and

female.

While on the way to the Heath we encountered

another of Eddie Stobarts Harem which may well be the last?
We have been reliably (yet to be seen) informed that the company has been sold, all lorries destined for a change of livery with no further Ladies - we hope not!

On the Heath
we caught just limited views of a before not seen aircraft a

AURINGNY
of

GURNSEY AIRLINES
while on the ground another stranger an

EMBRAER BANDEIRANTE
of
Business Air Travel

Not surprisingly

another

WHEATEAR
along with a vocal

WHITETHROAT

along with

STONECHAT

likely feeding young while this most obliging

LINNET

landed right before us.

Continuing activity at
Bournemouth International Airport

before we paid the

FRENCH ALPINE GOAT

a visit prior to our final destination the

MOORS RIVER

where the

tree nesting

EGYPTIAN GEESE

are back

looking like with some

Serious Intent?

PS - We are still struggling with the Away Day Posts, too many distractions, but

'Good Things Come to Those Who Wait'!

It will be worth it - "over and out".